In trading on Thursday, precious metals shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 4.5%. Helping drag down the group were shares of First Majestic Silver, down about 11% and shares of Great Panther Silver Limited off about 10.4% on the day.
Also lagging the market Thursday are oil & gas exploration & production shares, down on the day by about 3.5% as a group, led down by Georesources , trading lower by about 11.5% and Lucas Energy , trading lower by about 10.5%.